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8-Bit Hordes is a fantasy real-time strategy title from Vegas-based dev team Petroglyph Games who are best known for being what was left of Westwood Studios, the creators of the legendary Command and Conquer series, after EA took them over and ultimately disbanded them. With a large catalogue of strategy […]

8-Bit Hordes – PS4 Review

18 Jan, 2019 in PS4 tagged 8-Bit armies / 8-bit hordes / command and conquer / real time strategy / RTS by Richie

Io Interactive’s been working on the Hitman series for 18 years now. With Hitman 2 hitting stores late last year, they’ve also used the uptake in interest to re-release two of the series’ older titles. The Hitman HD Enhanced Collection bundles together fan-favourite Hitman Blood Money with black sheep Hitman Absolution in […]

Hitman HD Enhanced Collection – PS4 Review

16 Jan, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged absolution / bald murder / blood money / disguises / hitman hd enhanced collection / io interactive / stealth by Mike

Smash Hit Plunder is the debut PS4 game from Cornish developers Triangular Pixels and is a VR-only title. It does require the use of at least one Move controller, but is better with both, and is out physically in North America and now on PSN in North America and Europe. […]

Smash Hit Plunder – PSVR

15 Jan, 2019 in PS4 / PSVR tagged damage / loot / minecraft / PSVR / smash / smash hit plunder by Richie

From Staffordshire-based UK indie Lightwood Games, a remarkably prolific specialist puzzle game developer, Pic-a-Pix Pieces is a puzzle game with surprising longevity. We have to confess we’d never heard of them before, but that’s mainly due to their output being mostly on 3DS and mobile. Pic-a-Pix Pieces is a logic […]

Pic-a-Pix Pieces – PS4 Review

14 Jan, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged logic puzzles / pic-a-pix / picross / pixels / puzzle by Ian

There has long been a debate as to whether the video game medium can be considered art. There are certainly a lot of games out there that could be considered artistic and when the Indie development scene isn’t working on another ‘2D platformer with pixel in the name™,’ there is […]

Nubla 2 – PS4 Review

13 Jan, 2019 in PS4 tagged not art / Nubla 2 / platformer / ps4 / puzzle by Grizz

One of the luxuries of this job is seeing a developer’s first crack of the whip. Warpfish are a two-man effort from Lancaster and Razed is a challenging platformer looking to add speed and pit the clock against you. And shoe puns. Lots of shoe puns. Razed is a speed-focused […]

Razed – PS4 Review

7 Jan, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 3d platformer / razed / shoes / speed / time trails / warpfish by Mike

Here we are then. After five episodes of varying quality and length, we reach the end of Big Bad Wolf’s The Council in the form of Episode 5: Checkmate. While this is a review of Episode 5, it’s best that we view it in the wider context of the whole […]

The Council Episode 5: Checkmate – PS4 Review

2 Jan, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged branching narrative / council / episodic / illuminati / the waxen pith by Ian

Scintillatron 4096 is a twin-stick shooter from Dorset-based devs kFunction and it’s not exactly what you might expect. While the genre dates back to Robotron 2048 (which is clearly an inspiration for this game just judging by its title), it got popularised by Geometry Wars and aesthetically Scintillatron 4096 shares […]

Scintillatron 4096 – PS4/Vita Review

23 Dec, 2018 in PS4 / Vita tagged puzzle / robotron / scintillatron 4096 / shoot em up / twin-stick shooter by Richie

Sometimes I can’t help but feel that there are more indie retro platformers than actual classic games from the era that they try to recreate. You can’t seem to go more than a month without another becoming downloadable on the PSN store. All of them aim for the same goal, […]

Super Life of Pixel – PS4 Review

18 Dec, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged indie / pixel / ps4 / retro / Super Life of Pixel by Grizz

The VideoKid is an indie arcade title from London-based devs Pixeltrip and gamers of a certain age will instantly recognise its main inspiration which is the classic Atari coin-op Paperboy. As with that game, The Videokid has you playing as a delivery boy, skating along an isometric-viewed road and delivering […]

The VideoKid – PS4 Review

18 Dec, 2018 in PS4 tagged 80's / arcade / paperboy / retro / the videokid / voxels by Richie

To paraphrase Sean Bean, one does not simply review an EDF game. I’m about to do it here with Earth Defense Force 5 and tell you what I’ve found out after dozens of hours of play but the fact is that these games tend to take a while to come into […]

Earth Defense Force 5 – PS4 Review

17 Dec, 2018 in PS4 tagged action / aliens / carnage / earth defense force / edf / masses by Richie

Sometimes it’s difficult to realise just how long an early access project can take to finalise. In the case of Subnautica, the ocean-based survival game has been in the works since it was introduced to gamers on steam in 2014. There is a danger of this kind of development lifecycle. […]

Subnautica – PS4 Review

16 Dec, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged aquatic games / minecraft / Subnautica / survival / under the sea by Grizz